Handout
Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services

Florida Spectrum: Chemical Fact Sheet: Nickel

For Students 9th - 10th
Thorough summary of information on nickel, including alloys and environmental issues. Detailed.
Activity
Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Coins for Candy

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
An interactive lesson helps students identify, compare, and learn the value of coins including pennies, nickels, and dimes.
Activity
Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Grandpa's Game

For Students 3rd - 5th
An interactive learning tutorial helps students practice counting coins.
Lesson Plan
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Revolutionary Money

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A two-lesson unit using the Smithsonian collection of currency to teach students about the first American money. Other resources are given and all materials are downloadable.
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Currency

For Students 9th - 10th
This encyclopedia article from Wikipedia on currency discusses the history and evolution of currency. It also discusses the code used to define currency, provides a list of currency names by country, and gives a listing of currency symbols.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Counting the Bills and Coins

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Counting money with dollar bills and coins. The video is followed by practice problems to assess student understanding of the concept.
Website
Other

Kokogiak Media: The Mega Penny Project

For Students 9th - 10th
What does one quintillion pennies look like? Would it cover the Earth or Mt. Everest? Use this site to visualize the value of money.
Activity
Other

Fayette County Public Schools Curriculum: Counting Money

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
This site has a review of current U.S. coin values.
Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Learning Coins

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Explore a tutorial to learning facts about the coins and their value then play a game to sort the coins by value.
Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Counting Money

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
In this multi-level game, students count money up to one hundred dollars.
Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Money Bingo

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
Students can practice counting different types of coins and bills by playing an online Bingo game.
Handout
Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis: The History of Money

For Students 9th - 10th
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis traces the history of money up from coins in ancient times to modern paper, currency, and e-money.
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Smart Math and Writing

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this lesson plan, the poem "Smart" from Where the Sidewalk Ends, by Shel Silverstein, is used as the mentor text. Young scholars will write a map of the poem and then analyze it to discover what happened when trades with money were...
Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic Instructor: A Pocketful of Gold?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learn more about the Susan B. Anthony silver dollar, the Sacagawea coin, and other coins through this resource.
Handout
Web Elements

Web Elements Periodic Table: Nickel

For Students 9th - 10th
A nice collection of all sorts of information on nickel, its properties, isotopes and uses. Very informative.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: All About Money

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the topic of money. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Converting Coins and Dollars in Words

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice converting money from coins into dollars.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Converting Coins Two Units

For Students 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video shows how to count the sum of coins combining 2 units and converting that total into another unit. The video is followed by practice problems to assess...
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Let's Find Out About Money

For Students K - 1st
In this multisensory lesson, students will learn the characteristics of each coin (penny, nickel, dime and quarter) and the value for each type of coin. Students will learn record observational data, learn a song, recite a poem, and play...
Lesson Plan
Can Teach

Can Teach: Pennies a Little Goes a Long Way Game

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Use this fun learning game in your classroom to help learners understand the value of money. Groups of students will be exchanging pennies for other types of coins.
Activity
PBS

Nova Online: History of Money

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A timeline of money from 9000 B.C. to the present day that explains the types of money being used at various times in history.
Lesson Plan
University of Houston

University of Houston: Mathematics Lessons: Counting on Coins

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This lesson plan for coin identification is aimed at Kindergarten and First Grade. Lots of activities, suggestions and other resources are also available.
Graphic
A&E Television

History.com: Infographics: The Story of Money

For Students 9th - 10th
Get the facts on the earliest forms of money and the origins of the U.S dollar, discover which country created the first paper money, and find out how the Inca built a great empire without using money.
Unit Plan
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Mutually Exclusive & Independent Events

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The somewhat tricky differences between mutually exclusive, non-mutually exclusive, independent, and dependent events are defined here. Common items such as coins, colored cubes, and a deck of cards are all part of the easy-to-understand...